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W. S. LOUGHBOROUGH; CARPET CLASP.

No. 13,009; J

' Patented June 5, 1855.

STATES PATENT enrich.

WILLIAM S. LOUGHBOROUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,009, dated June 5, 1855.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH, ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventeda Clasp for Adjusting Carpets on Floors and Suspending Curtains,Valances, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and applicationof a clasp as seen in Figure 2, for adjusting carpets on floors, andsuspending curtains, &c.

a, is a bed piece-in which the clamp wire 0 has an inclined axis,whereby the outer end of said clamp is made to press down upon thecarpet, as seen at a, b, and d, Fig. l, and when it is turned backtoward the base, as seen at 0 and e, it is raised from the carpet andleaves it loose. The screw .9 secures the parts to the floor.

I construct the bedpiece a, Fig. 2, of iron, brass, or other metal.Through this is drilled or punched two holes, one for the reception ofthe clamp wire, 0 and the other to admit the screw 8. These holes may bepunched through a flat plate, of the metal used for their manufacture,and the end which is to receive the clamp 0 may then be bent upsufiiciently to afford the desired inclination for the axis of saidclamp.

The clamp is bent something in the form of an L as seen in Fig. 2. Theshort arm of the wire thus bent, is put through the bed, and the endslightly upset, to keep it in its bearing. The clasps are then placed inthe angle of the fioor and base, at equal distances apart, varying fromsix to twelve inches, according to the strain given to the carpet. Theyare then fastened to the floor by screws, as shown above, where they mayalways remain. The axis of the clamp should be sufficiently inclined tocause it to strike the carpet, when turned out from the base to an angleof sixty or seventy degrees, so as that the draft or strain of thecarpet shall tend to draw the end of the clamp more firmly upon thefioor, consequently, the greater said draft, or strain of the carpet,the more firmly it is held to its place.

In putting down the carpet, the corners should be adjusted first, thenswing the clamps up to the base board, slip the edge of the carpetunder, snugly against said base, and turn the clamp back firmly upon thecarpet. Proceed in like manner until all are adjusted. WVhen the carpetis to be removed, the clamps should be relieved of the natural strain ofthe carpet, then swing each back to the base and the carpet is loose.

Where the clasps are used, a carpet may be removed from an ordinarysized room, in three minutes, and replaced in about ten or fifteen, andthe operation does not in jure it in the least, as is the fact whentacks or hooks are used, the end of the clamp simply pressing down uponthe carpet.

v There may be eyelets used in Brussels and other thick carpeting, ifdesired, said. eyelets receiving the end of the clamps.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 'isSecuring the edge of the carpet by means of a button fixed to the floor,and turning upon an inclined axis so as to be self clamping, as hereindescribed.

WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH.

